Fireworks return to Red Bluff River Park

The community has spoken and the Fourth of July fireworks will return to Red Bluff River Park for 2013.

?We will be proceeding with River Park as our first choice for our fireworks show,? Chairwoman Shannon Nason said. ?We will be filling out paper work this month and should have an update on progress at the next meeting.?

In August, the committee was formed and by September, starting at the Beef ?N Brew, cans were put out both at local events and in a few local businesses.

Voting was conducted taking the money collected for the Fourth of July show and counting each dollar as a vote.

The group has raised $2,291.54 so far, but will be continuing its efforts using other methods, Nason said.

?We are going to try and be present at one event every month,? Nason said. ?Hopefully, January's event will be the Bull & Gelding Sale.?

Other fundraising efforts include the continuation of collection boxes, which went out Jan. 1 to the Gold Exchange, M&M Ranch House, The Cutting Edge Salon, Buns on the Run at Home Depot, First Love Tattoo and the Red Bluff- Tehama County Chamber of Commerce.

Between now and Fourth of July, the boxes will be rotated to various local businesses.

The group is in the process of planning a Nostalgia Night, during which residents can see old cars and enjoy food, music and games set for sometime in May.

?It will be an irresistibly good time filled with fun for the whole family,? Nason said.

The group also is trying to get help at the school level, she said.

?We strongly believe that because this is a community event it's good to get our entire community involved, including our kids,? Nason said.

?Remember, if we get 50 cents from each person in Tehama County we'll have our Fourth of July Fireworks.?

The group is in the process of putting together a golden ticket raffle in which one-third of the money raised will go back to five lucky winners, she said.

Tickets, which will be on sale starting Jan. 23, will cost $50 each, Nason said.